Michael Huth was born in Kronach in 1959. From 1978 to 1984, he studied at the Städelschule in Frankfurt under Thomas Bayrle and Christian Kruck. Between 1985 and 1990, he worked as a lecturer at the University of Kassel and the Städelschule, Frankfurt. In 2001, he received the Lucas Cranach Prize from the City of Kronach, and in 2016, the Berganza Prize from the Bamberg Art Association. He lives and works in Kronach.